An Interview with Jamie Deans: Professionals Treatment Program Manager

Jamie Deans, an Emmy-winning producer and editor for ABC World News Tonight, 20/20, and Dateline NBC, was introduced to drug addiction treatment through his own personal recovery, and has been working in the field of addiction for nine years.

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Study Finds Doctors Abusing Prescription Drugs

When endless debates surround the issue of solving the drug problem, rarely is the discussion targeted at doctors. According to Central Ohio News, there are hundreds of doctors in Ohio alone dealing with drug and alcohol addictions. What’s worse, the report notes that they are still in practice.

The Harvard Review of Psychiatry published a study in 2008 that found rates of prescription misuse five times higher among physicians than the general public. As a result of this study, more doctors are turning to the Ohio’s Physicians Health Program, which was formed in 1972 to provide these doctors help with their addictions.

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